causes and some of them were immediate causes. The long term causes were the problems that seemed to never be solved between the North and South. Slavery for instance was a long term problem because it was never completely solved; however continuous compromises were made between both sides‚ but the disagreements would not disappear. On the other hand‚ the immediate causes were the problems in which guaranteed that the North and South would have a Civil War. These causes include The Fugitive Slave Act‚
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Caroline Chase APUSH Words to Know Test 4 1/9/13 Manifest Destiny‚ the 1850’s‚ The Civil War & Reconstruction Manifest Destiny & the 1850’s What is “manifest destiny”? : Manifest destiny is Americans thinking they’re the shit and can tear down anyone who stands in their way (Mexico‚ British in Oregon Country‚ and Southwest) Land=crack and they are never satisfied. Manifest destiny means that the U.S was entitled to land by GOD Battle of the Alamo/Lone Stare State: Battle
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Although a very controversial topic‚ the extension of slavery had a critical role in bringing on the Civil War‚ which took place in the United States from 1861 to 1865. Disagreements on the status of slaves between northern and southern regions‚ the question of whether laws over slavery were determined under federal law or according to state‚ accompanied by contradictions in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were at the heart of the crisis that inevitably led to the American Civil
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Throughout history many governments have had a strong hold on the economy and their practices. Slavery was a very inhuman practice that greatly affected the US. Back during The New Nation Era‚ not even the government could resist against the practice of slavery. The institution of slavery was stronger than the US government. The institution became so bound to the government that their had to be underlying roots to how slavery started‚ due to how strong this bond was‚ and what it took to destroy it
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conflicting visions for the new‚ rapidly expanding nation. Moral arguments against slavery had long existed‚ but in the interest of maintaining unity‚ party loyalties had mostly moderated opposition to slavery‚ resulting in compromises such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of
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Lincoln in his first Inaugural speech‚ delivered on March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of many new changes such as; California becoming a state‚ popular sovereignty being settled in States like Utah and New Mexico‚ banning of slavery in D.C and
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During the period between 1790 and 1850‚ the United States was rapidly changing. It was now a separate country with its own economy‚ laws‚ and government. The country was learning to live on its own‚ apart from England. There began to appear a rift between North and South. The North believing in the Puritan Merchant role model‚ and the South in the role model of the English Country Squire. The North traded with everyone‚ while the South traded primarily with England. The major crop in the South
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that slavery was the underlying issue. They point out that disputes over slavery‚ and particularly the expansion of slavery into the new territories‚ were at the root of the sectional conflict which led to the outbreak of war in 1861. During the 1850s both North and South became more entrenched in their attitudes. The South saw slavery’s expansion as crucial while the North became more convinced of the need to curtail it. Slavery is linked to the outbreak of war in the following ways: a)
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Perhaps the three most influential men in the pre-Civil War era were Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster. These men all died nearly a decade before the civil war began‚ but they didn’t know how much they would effect it. States’ rights was a very controversial issue‚ and one which had strong opposition and radical proposals coming from both sides. John C. Calhoun was in favor of giving states the power to nullify laws that they saw unconstitutional‚ and he presented this theory in his
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The Civil War in America‚ Cause and Consequences The Civil War in the United States of America is one of the most frequently studied wars of any in American History. This terrible war put brothers from the North against brothers from the South and the result was both awful and catastrophic. When counting the dead and wounded on both sides‚ including the destruction of houses‚ farms‚ and the livelihood of people on both sides‚ the Civil War was the most terrible and bloodiest war in American
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